A Pocket Companion for Oxford: Or, Guide Through the University. Containing an Accurate Description of the Public Edifices, the Buildings in Each of the Colleges; the Gardens, ... To which are Added, Correct Descriptions of the Buildings, ... and All Other Curiosities at Blenheim, Ditchley, and Stow, ...Daniel Prince; John Rivington, and R. Baldwin, London, 1764 - 132 sider |
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... those at Perfepolis , a Dog's Head on one Angle , and Lion's on the other ; upon it C are Bufts and Heads ; over that is a Portal of a ' Monumental Stone , with a Woman and two Children . The Tomb of fome Player , with fine Baffos of ...
... those at Perfepolis , a Dog's Head on one Angle , and Lion's on the other ; upon it C are Bufts and Heads ; over that is a Portal of a ' Monumental Stone , with a Woman and two Children . The Tomb of fome Player , with fine Baffos of ...
Side 21
... those who feel it ; as it is not eafily defcribed . The Pavement is of different co- loured Stone , brought from Harts Foreft in Germany . The Piers or Butments of the Arches are adorned with Pilafters of the Ionic Order . The Dome ...
... those who feel it ; as it is not eafily defcribed . The Pavement is of different co- loured Stone , brought from Harts Foreft in Germany . The Piers or Butments of the Arches are adorned with Pilafters of the Ionic Order . The Dome ...
Side 30
... those who come after you , and << whofe Education is committed to your Care . You t are to be an Example to them of Sobriety , and Temperance : So fhall you guard them from falling 66 into the Snares of Excefs , and Debauchery . You ...
... those who come after you , and << whofe Education is committed to your Care . You t are to be an Example to them of Sobriety , and Temperance : So fhall you guard them from falling 66 into the Snares of Excefs , and Debauchery . You ...
Side 35
... those of the late Benefaction of Mr. Mechel . Thei fecond , or North Court , is 130 Feet long , and 90 broad , having the Library over it on the Weft , and Chambers for the Fellows and Students on the North , Eaft , and South . The ...
... those of the late Benefaction of Mr. Mechel . Thei fecond , or North Court , is 130 Feet long , and 90 broad , having the Library over it on the Weft , and Chambers for the Fellows and Students on the North , Eaft , and South . The ...
Side 48
... those of the Hon . Doddington Greville and Dr. Geo . Clarke . The New Library is a magnificent Gallery , 200 Feet long , and 30 broad , and about 40 Feet high , built of white hewn Stone , and finished at a great Expence . The Outfide ...
... those of the Hon . Doddington Greville and Dr. Geo . Clarke . The New Library is a magnificent Gallery , 200 Feet long , and 30 broad , and about 40 Feet high , built of white hewn Stone , and finished at a great Expence . The Outfide ...
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Side 109 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Side 116 - Acquired an Influence Which no Rank, no Authority can give, Nor any Force, but that of...
Side 15 - Grcdt and Romans, which were too large to be covered with lead or tile, fo this, by the painting of the flat roof within, is reprefented open; and as they...
Side 127 - He neither learnt nor flatter'd any Vice. He was no Bigot, Tho' he doubted of none of the XXXIX Articles.
Side 127 - FIDO, An Italian of good Extraction ; Who came into England, Not to bite us, like moft of his Countrymen, But to gain an honefl Livelihood, He hunted not after Fame, Yet acquired it; Regardlefs of the Praife of his Friends, But moft fenfible of their Love. Tho' he liv'd amongft the Great, He neither learnt nor flatter'd any Vice.
Side 49 - Elizabeth, 1523. 3. George Clarke, LL. D. Secretary of War, and afterwards, in the reign of Queen Anne, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, Secretary to Prince George of Denmark, and in five Parliaments Burgess for the University, 1680.
Side 23 - This Infcription is likewife on the Garden Front. The Garden is divided into four Quarters, with a broad Walk down the Middle, a crofs Walk, and one all round. Near the Entrance...
Side 125 - John Milton : whose sublime and unbounded genius equalled a subject that carried him beyond the limits of the world. 'William Shakespeare: whose excellent genius opened to him the whole heart of man, all the mines of fancy, all the stores of Nature ; and gave him power, beyond all other writers, to move, astonish, and delight mankind.
Side 74 - Colleges, having a Terras,, with a Row of lofty Elms before it. The Buildings of this College chiefly confift of two large Quadrangles. We enter the firft by a handfome old Gateway with a Tower over it. It is formed by the Hall and Chapel on the North, the Prefident's Lodgings on the Eaft, and the Chambers of the Fellows, Scholars, and other Students on the South and Weft Sides.
Side 128 - In his old age he retir'd to the house of a clergyman in the country, where he finish'd his earthly race, and died an honour and an example to the whole species. Reader, this stone is guiltless of flattery, for he to whom it is inscrib'd was not a man, but a grey-hound.